----------------------- Page 1----------------------- 20% off with this flyer! London New York www.continuumbooks.com Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century An Evolutionary Analysis of the Role of Teachers By Joanna Swann 22 Dec 2011 • 336 pp • PB • 9781441163172 • £24.99 Discounted price: £19.99 Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century: An Evolutionary Analysis of the Role of Teachers draws on Karl Popper’s evolutionary epistemology and challenges widespread assumptions about learning, teaching and research that are embedded in the practices of many teachers and in the design of most education institutions worldwide. Joanna Swann argues that to promote the growth of learning we need to encourage children and adolescents to exercise and develop their facility for creativity and criticality, and that we need to provide and maintain environments in which they can safely engage in self-initiated and self-directed exploratory activity. In accessible and engaging language, the author presents philosophical arguments that support the defence and development of non-authoritarian approaches to learning and teaching that can be used by individuals and groups working in or outside state-funded schools. In particular, she provides tried- and-tested guidelines for student-initiated curricula and a problem-based methodology for professional development and action research. Joanna Swann is a Popperian philosopher of learning and method, known internationally for her innovative theoretical and practical explorations of the implications of evolutionary epistemology for teaching and education research. Formerly a Principal Lecturer at the University of Brighton, UK, she is now a freelance author. Contents Acknowledgements \ 1. The Purpose of this Book \ Part I: Learning \ 2. The Challenge of an Evolutionary Analysis of Learning \ 3. What Happens When We Learn \ 4. Addressing Some Problematic Ideas About Learning \ Part II: Encouraging Learning \ 5. What Promotes and What Inhibits Learning \ 6. Against the Intensive Use of Prescribed Curricula with Children and Adolescents \ 7. Developing Student-Initiated Curricula \ Part III: Developing Teaching \ 8. Research and the Development of Teaching \ 9. Developing a Popperian Science of School Teaching \ 10. Improving Our Practices as Teachers \ 11. Teaching for a Better World \ References \ Publisher Acknowledgements \ Index Continuum - winner of the 2011 IPG Independent Publishing Awards: Independent Publisher of the Year and Academic & Professional Publisher of the Year ----------------------- Page 2----------------------- Visit www.continuumbooks.com/education to see all our Education titles Discount valid until 31/08/11. For individual orders placed direct with Continuum. Not for use by Libraries. Discount Qty Title ISBN Binding Total Price Learning, Teaching and Education Research in the 21st Century 9781441163172 PB £19.99 *P&P Please remember to add Postage and Packing UK: Up to and including order value (at full retail price) of £20 - £3.95; £20 - £50 - £7.50; £50 - £150 - £9.50; Over £150 - Free Grand Total Worldwide: Surface post: 20% of order value on all orders, with a minimum of £7.00; Air Mail rates on application Name: Organisation: Address: Postcode: Email: Telephone: Method of Payment Cheque made payable to Continuum Books for: ________ Visa ~ Mastercard ~ Maestro for: ________ Card number: __________________________________________________________________________ Issue No (Maestro only): __________ Start date (Maestro only): ________________ Expiry date: ________________ Security code: __________ All credit card payments are processed by our distributor, Orca Book Services Get all the latest news from Continuum Please leave your mailing details above to receive the new Continuum Education catalogues immediately, and sign up to our eNews! Professional Education Catalogue Professional Education eNews Education Catalogue Academic Education eNews Return to: Kayleigh Chalcroft, Marketing Department, The Continuum International Publishing Group Ltd The Tower Building, 11 York Road, London SE1 7NX | Tel +44 (0)20 7922 0880 Fax +44 (0)20 7922 0891 Registered in England No. 3833148.